By Blake Seabaugh, CPA No doubt dealers have speculated about dealership valuation of recently (if not frequently). Fueled by the frenzy of consolidation over the past ten years, one of the... Read more
By James Taylor, Managing Director, The Presidio Group For decades, financial advisors have been queried by dealers about projected moves in interest rates. “Are rates going up or down?” The... Read more
By Steven P. Gibson, Dealer Risk Services, Inc. Most Dealers believe Directors and Officers coverage is only necessary for publicly-traded entities. Because the predominance of Dealerships a... Read more
By Alysha Webb, Editor & Publisher There may be plenty of buy sell activity in the dealership world, but there seems to be less enthusiasm, says Brad Carter, a principal at Greystone Val... Read more
By Alysha Webb, Editor and Publisher Mark Fields is out as CEO of Ford Motor Co. and Jim Hackett is in. The change at the top won’t have much impact on the value of Ford dealerships in the n... Read more
By Fred O’Halloran, MD Johnson Inc. What is my store worth? This question is asked regularly by many dealers to many professionals including CPAs, attorneys, business brokers, bankers, and f... Read more
By Jay Davis, Pacific Energy Concepts If you’re in the dealership business, you probably already know that lighting can be your sales team’s secret weapon. The right lighting solution can ad... Read more
By Alysha Webb, Editor and Publisher Scale is becoming more and more important in the dealership world, and smaller family-owned groups or single-point franchises are facing some difficult d... Read more
